Jason
Wood qualified as a local youth and community worker in
Gloucestershire. There, he worked in both the voluntary and statutory
sectors, as a rural youth worker, inner city detached worker, centre
manager and youth action leader. He was also an assistant practice manager
at a local NHS GP surgery. He left the county in 1999 to pursue full time
youth work training at Leicester's De Montfort University, finishing with
a first class honours degree in 2002. He is a locum youth worker, adult tutor and
researcher for statutory and voluntary organisations throughout Leicester,
and founded Student Youth Work Onlinein 1999. In 2002, he will begin studying towards a doctorate in social
sciences.

In his spare time,
Jason enjoys partying (usually clubbing or pubbing), mixing records,
playing the piano, reading and writing, and can normally be found enjoying
a good coffee in town.